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Patented Dec. 224, 1868.

DUDLEY W. TRAVIS, OF ENFIE'L'D, NEViVYORK.

Letters Patent No. 85.189, dated December 22,1 868. Y

IMPROVEMENT IN dORN-CULTIVATORS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the-o-q o- To all whom it may concern v Be it known, that I, DUDLEY W.-TRAVIS, of En field, Tompkins county, New York, have invented anImproved Guru-Cultivator; and. I do hereby declare that the following isa full and accurate description.

rows and My invention relates, mainly, to the flame for the plows orhoes, and to the traction of the frame.

In fig. 1, A 'A A are the thills, wheels, and seat for the driver,constituting the carriage; and

B, a stout cross-bar, with a strong metallic plate, 0, on it, the twofirmly braced to the tongue or.tl'|ill of the. carriage, just behind thehorses; and

I) is n tour-parted flame-work, hung by the hinges E to the piece B, andheld together in the rein by the cross-bars. F and G; and

H and J. are thepcsts that hold the'plows or hoes at their lower ends,and are fast to the cross-bars and J J are stout iron braces fortheseplow or hoeposts; and V K and L are the hoes or plows at their ends; and

.Mis a. l'iand-lever, that raises the: hoes, or plows, or cultivatorsout of the ground; while, by the set-screws N, the front hoes orcultivetors are set to any required depth, as well as to suit the team,and the lever is, at option, heldby the lock 0. I

'In fig. 2, the same letters show the same parts, except that P P aretwo other braces of the cultivatorframe.

, In .fig. 3, the same parts are shown by the sameletters as in figs. 1and 2.

The usesand advantages of my invention area parent to those skilled inthe art to which it apperta-ins.

- Claim.

The herein-described mode of adjusting the plows Witnesses: DUDLEY W.TRAVIS.

. SAMUEL J.P.AR-KER,

A. Bunmrr.

